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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Sunday thoughts
Mother’s Day today and most of the family to lunch with me. The all-day rain that had been forecast earlier in the week fell yesterday (very welcome) which was good because it meant that Mum and I could take a … Continue reading
Planning the new design
Part of the design process involved my garden-designer neighbour spending a couple of hours with my partner and myself, and extracting from us both what we wanted from the garden. He is not a gardener at all, and whilst happy … Continue reading
Down in the weeds
Today has been the most perfect Spring day so I ditched all my other plans for the morning and spent it in the garden, weeding. I fail to see why people hate this task; for me it is the best … Continue reading
Introducing my garden
I’ve gardened here for over 10 years now, and worked with what was there was when I bought the house, mainly adding to it plant wise. I’m passionate about herbaceous perennials and concentrated on building my collection, but that meant … Continue reading
Preparing the ground
So, as this is my first post on my blog which as the name suggests will be about my garden (mostly) this post is the equivalent of me starting to dig the ground, to throw out the large stones and … Continue reading